ROMhacker YZB has released another Sega Saturn hack, following up their recent release of the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 4MB RAM Cart Hack. This one is for Ultraman [Ultraman: Hikari no Kyojin Densetsu], a 2D fighter that is one of two Saturn titles requiring its own proprietary ROM cart, along with King of Fighters […]

Jenovi’s Retro Impressions just posted a follow-up video to one of the most interesting aspects of his Analog Controller Video: The planned expansion modules for the Sega 3D control pad. Some of the expansions such as motion control units planned were a bit ambitious for the time, while other things like memory card support made […]

Darksoft has just posted firmware updates for both the AES and MVS versions of his Neo Geo ROM cart. Each can be downloaded from their respective pages: AES Firmware: https://www.arcade-projects.com/forums/index.php?thread/8450-darksoft-s-multiaes-latest-firmware-menu-and-instructions/#post134321 MVS Firmware: https://www.arcade-projects.com/forums/index.php?thread/5101-darksoft-s-multimvs-latest-firmware-menu-and-instructions/&pageNo=1 Here’s the full list of changes and bugfixes: Fix BUFF opening and closing. Possibly also fixes other related to SD card issues. Fix new […]

Dan aka citrus3000psi has just open-sourced his 3DORGB project and announced he’ll no longer be selling them. I had this installed in my 3DO last year and was absolutely thrilled with its performance: You get both a high-quality RGB output and the ability to switch the video modes between 240p and 480i: https://github.com/citrus3000psi/3DORGB Hopefully someone will […]

Everten is selling two new PCB add-ons for Sega ST-V Titan arcade PCBs. The ST-V is the arcade equivalent of the Sega Saturn. One PCB adds a stereo RCA connector under the board which plugs in to the PCB’s JST audio connector, and another flavor adds both stereo RCA and CPS-1 & CPS-2 kick harnesses, […]

Rober Peip AKA FPGAzumSpass is coding an open-source FPGA implementation of the Nintendo DS, as a follow-up to his FPGA GBA core. Although the DS core is young and progress will be slow considering the complexity of the hardware, he does now have it booting games, and he posted a video of it running Ace […]

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c0pperdragon the designer of the component mod for the Commodore 64 (C64) now has a sister project designed for the ZX (Zed EX) Spectrum family of British micro computers. This mod will replace and take the space of the existing RF Modulator port socket without having to make any cuts to the computer’s case. Utilizing […]

Woozle has just posted a firmware update for users of the Game Boy Advance Consolizer (GBAz), with a ton of enhancements. Unfortunately, the upgrade should be considered expert-only, as you need a programmer and a custom cable to flash it. Also, unless any news bugs are found, this will likely be the last firmware released […]

Phil Nolan has released an excellent documentary covering the modern Street Fighter III: Third Strike arcade scene and fighting tournament organizers Jazzy Circuit. Jazzy NYC ’19 captures the excitement of live matches and guides viewers through the state of the scene from New York City to Japan. It’s a really great watch and will warm […]